{"id":20781,"date":"2013-04-08T12:42:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T16:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=20781"},"modified":"2013-04-08T12:42:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T16:42:14","slug":"nats-racing-presidents-adds-veep-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/04\/nats-racing-presidents-adds-veep-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats Racing Presidents adds “Veep” runner"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You can never go too far – Ferris Bueller”<\/em><\/p>\n

Nats Presidents race to include character from HBO’s ‘VEEP’<\/a> – DC Sports Bog, The Post<\/em>
\nMaking the Teddy Roosevelt character lose for every race for 7 years wasn’t enough.<\/p>\n

Adding Roosevelt nemesis William Howard Taft wasn’t enough.<\/p>\n

The Washington Nationals in-game entertainment brain-trust is bringing in a Racing Vice President or at least the one Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who spent at least some of her childhood in the D.C. area) plays on television.<\/p>\n

Yes, that\u2019s right, the Julia Louis-Dreyfus character from that HBO show \u2014 or a presidentialized version of her, anyhow \u2014 will partner with Teddy against the team of Abe and Taft in a presidential relay race at Nats Park Tuesday night, in advance of Sunday\u2019s 10 p.m. season two premier. She\/it will also be in the center-field plaza before the game, and will be involved in several in-game promotions.<\/p>\n

The Selina mascot, made by the same folks who manufacture the presidents, has been cruising around D.C.\u2019s sites in recent days, in preparation for this momentous announcement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Nats marketers are really testing the “you can never go to far” view of life aren’t they. Of course, we keep writing about it, so shame on us I guess. Of course way back at the dawn of the 21st century Nats, I would have had a racing donkey and elephant. I also would have had a panda mascot instead of a pelvic thrusting eaglet thing named after a Saved by the Bell<\/em> character.<\/p>\n

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@stephanats<\/a> #nats<\/a> Andy Feffer is the Adam Dunn of promotions; for every one he hits out of the park, there are Ks and bad defense.<\/p>\n

— Luigi de Guzman (@ouij) April 8, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n